Chapter Six

Vikki, we're not in Kansas any more . . .

That day at the 'bus', the others were surprised to find that Vikki was not loud. She didn't yell or threaten the boys' manhood or anything; she just sat there, whispering to Jamie. The other girl was the same. She had not smiled or cracked a sarcastic joke all morning. No one could figure out why the two looked so apprehensive.

As it turns out, the two were not living in their previous towns. For some reason they were right down the street from each other in a neighborhood built specifically to house people going to the school. Vikki had rolled up her sleeping bag, telling Jamie's parents what a wonderful time she'd had a the sleepover, and had walked outside to put in her dad's truck, when she realized this. Instead of a carport standing outside there was a barn with four horses. There were two wagons rolled over by a wall, one filled with Jamie's and Vikki's backpacks. Vikki watched the man bring out two of the four horses and hitch them up to the wagon. Fifteen minutes later the girls were dropped off on a street corner with twelve other children waiting for another wagon to take them to the school.

When they reached school they made their way to the little metal table. For some reason just before they reached it Michael came flying out from behind the corner to grab them both.

"Did it really happen?" he asked. The boy was hypervenalating. It seemed he thought he had lost his mind. Questioning him, the other two found that he had had the same dream . . .

Nick was pale, more then usual. He kept up the façade that it was all just a coincidence, that the dream was just that: a dream. When asked if he had the same one, he didn't respond. The others were leaning towards him, interrogating him, when suddenly he stared, pointing at something behind them. Exchanging a worried glance, Mike, Vikki, and Jamie turned around. There, walking up to them and wearing the school uniforms were Eomer, Boromir, and Aragorn. The three were wearing letterman's jackets and tossing a football around. Jamie had to try hard not to faint. She squeezed Vikki's arm so hard that the girl's hand began to go numb. She hardly registered this though as she noticed that just behind the three walked a tall, blonde boy with blue eyes, looking extremely comfortable wearing green. He had pointed ears, and yet the girls who walked past him, those who were flirting by the way, didn't seem to even notice or care. All four of the young men walked over to the table.

Upon seeing the other four, Eomer walked up and gave Mike a masculine secret handshake. Aragorn did the same, the two striking up a rather bizarre conversation concerning last night's supposed football game between them and Edoras High. Mike and Nicky nervously gulped, noticing the rather large "C" imprinted on Aragorn's jacket.

Meanwhile, Vikki and Jamie had unconsciously moved closer together. They were staring, dumfounded, at the other two teens who were just strutting up to them and smiling. Jamie stood a little ahead of Vikki, the other girl holding onto to Jamie's shoulder so as not to faint. Legolas was alive!

Boromir swaggered up, Legolas just behind him. Jamie was staring at the young man, holding her breath. She couldn't quite breathe right, it seemed, and the closer the two boys got the worse it grew. She closed her eyes.

Suddenly she felt a very strong hand clap her on the shoulder, grab her hand, shake it, and pull her into a hug. Boromir was laughing. Legolas did the same, even going so far as to ruffle Jamie's hair. Now the girl was in shock for a different reason. What in the heck had that been all about?!

Vikki was staring at Jamie, dumfounded. She didn't know whether to voice a question similar to the one Jamie was asking herself, or to scream and tear her friend's throat out at the fact that Legolas had hugged her. Before she could do anything, Boromir walked up to Vikki and, getting down on bended knee, handed her a rose. He was grin was huge.

"A beautiful flower," he told her, "for a very beautiful girlfriend."

Vikki's eyes went wide. Her mouth opened as if to say something, but there were no words that could describe how she felt. All she spoke was a silent scream, the girl's eyes rolling back in her head, her body falling to the ground only to be caught by Mike. The boy was just as shocked as Vikki, glancing over at Jamie in confusion as he propped the girl up onto a seat. Jamie was clutching a nearby pillar, trying to keep herself from crying or throwing up. Legolas nudged his friend, Boromir merely looking confused.

"Hey, your idea worked. You really did knock her off her feet, just like you wanted to."

Boromir scowled, sniffing the flower.

"Maybe she's allergic to roses."

Aragorn rolled his eyes while Eomer laughed openly. Boromir stood, turning around to Jamie. The girl had tried letting go of the pillar, but found her legs had turned to jelly. She held on. Boromir and the others looked concerned. Walking up, the knight of Gondor kneeled beside her.

"Hey." he said, looking at her. "Miri, what's wrong? Are you sick?"

Jamie registered the name, her eyes widening; she didn't say anything. Legolas walked over.

"Hey, try this." The elf pulled out a small clear bottle of smelling salts. Placing it under Jamie's nose, the girl jerked her head up instantly. She rubbed her swiftly watering eyes, grimacing at the stinging. Mike and Nickolas were just watching. Eomer had sat down on the table bench next to the unconscious Vikki. After watching Jamie for a while he became bored, amusing himself with playing with Vikki's arms. He picked them up and wiggled them in the air, giggling densely. The Rohirrim stared blankly at the ground when Vikki slid to the floor. Aragorn shook his head, picking the girl up and propping her near a pillar. He walked over to Jamie.

"Miri, come sit down." he spoke gently, guiding her over to a seat opposite Vikki. Jamie wobbled over. Once sitting, she asked a question that had been troubling her.

"Why do you guys keep calling me that?"

Legolas blushed.

"Remember? Last year we found out how the teachers were calling you Jewels? We started calling you that in elvish."

The girl looked blankly at each one of them in turn: her childhood nickname. She turned to Nicky and Mike.

"I think we've finally gone off the deep end, guys."

Mike nodded sympathetically.

"Yup."

Just then there was a moan as Vikki stirred. Opening her eyes to find Mat and Ricky staring down at her, she jumped.

"Ah! What are you two doing? Where am I?"

Vikki sat up. Upon seeing the others crowded around Jamie with the exception of Eomer, she fumed. Legolas was playing with Jamie's hair. She was about to get up, scream, cry, and chase her friend off the face of the planet, when a shriek, coming out of nowhere, whistled down the hall followed by calls of 'my beautiful sweet dark Lady.' Zooming towards the table, Arwen Undomiel flew right past them, hiding herself in Aragorn's arms. She was wearing a cheerleader outfit.

"Estel! He's after me again!" she cried.